RVW's childhood home open to the public

[Nick Armstrong]

Open four days a week from tomorrow to November, with a couple of concerts coming up in late summer.

National Trust announcement, today I think:

http://us7.campaign-archive1.com/?u=de45f36a868ea0bbebf097063&id=fca86931df&e=91e16768bd

[BBMmk2]

Myself and MrsBBM heard that from Radio 3, yesterday and it looks quite good! Hmm, a meet up place for FoR3 members, perchance?

[salymap]

Thanks Caliban, if only..........

Isee a work by Dr William L-W is to be included- he doesn't get heard enough.

I wonder what RVW's last address 'White Gates, Dorking, Surrey' is now ? Does anyone know?

[AmpH]

Thanks Caliban, if only..........

Isee a work by Dr William L-W is to be included- he doesn't get heard enough.

I wonder what RVW's last address 'White Gates, Dorking, Surrey' is now ? Does anyone know?

' White Gates ' was demolished in the 60's and the small residential road known as ' Vaughan Way ' ( off Westcott Road in Dorking ) now apparently occupies the area where ' White Gates ' once stood.

[mercia]

an article on the internet says White Gates was demolished but that there is a road called Vaughan Way, off Westcott Road on the location

oops crossposted

[salymap]

Thanks both for that re White Gates. That's where we sent his mss paper, if
it wasn't available when he called in for it.

So glad he kept a link with Goodwin & Tabb, the hire library where I worked. Lovely memories of him.

[BBMmk2]

Any more memories there, Saly, be great to hear! perhaps on a seperate thread even? Be good to have!

[salymap]

Not really Bbm - the link with RVW being that Goodwin & Tabb were the original publishers of Holst's Planets. They let that go to Curwen I think when they gave up publishing and concentrated on the Hire Library.

The chief librarian told me that RVW and Holst were frequent visitors, years before even I was born.

As an old man, RVW kept up occasional visits for his 42 stave mss paper and to look around.

That's it really.....

[BBMmk2]

Ah, and if I remember rightly, from what you have said in the past, that the chap in charge wasn't really ophe with what was going on in classical music at the time?

[salymap]

That wasn't the chief librarian -do you remember Bbm, he previously played the flute in the Household Cavalry [or similar regiment] and played in Buck House, etc for soirees.

The man who owned the firm was embarrassing when a musician came in. 'nuff said